The other twelve people looked at each other, not knowing what to say, everyone in the world knew that they could be on the list, and they were about to become one of the officials of the imperial court, all of which were due to the king's arrival, and the other party even made a big fuss about the criminal department, and brought down Yu Zhongwen, the secretary of the criminal department, and Yu Guanlong Yu's family formed a mortal enemy, not to mention, and he also lost the official position of supervising the imperial history.

In addition, as the day when they were going to become officials gradually approached, they felt more and more the hostility of the gate lord family towards them, especially the rejection of them by the Manchu officials, even if His Majesty the Emperor had indicated that he would be their backing, but after all, the Son of Heaven was high, and it was impossible for them to find the Son of Heaven for everything, and the latter had every opportunity, and it was impossible for them to always put their minds on them like a nanny, so they needed to have a more suitable person to shelter them.

It was not that some of these thirteen people had not thought of secretly defecting to the Gate Valve Family or the East Palace and the Great Prince, but they were all smart people, and they knew that the result of doing so would be to completely anger the emperor. You must know that the emperor has all kinds of scruples about dealing with officials from a family of gate lords, and has to engage in intrigue with his courtiers, and use the sword of Wang Junlin to use means to remove or kill them for extremely legitimate reasons, otherwise it is easy to cause a backlash.

But the emperor wants to deal with these officials from poor families, and it is just a matter of one sentence, not to mention that he will be killed, and he will also affect the people in the family, and at least he will be beaten back to the prototype.

Therefore, today, these thirteen scholars from the poor family came to visit Wang Junlin, such as Fang Qiao and Wei Yunqi, maybe they came out of gratitude, but some of them were purely to find the most suitable backer, a backer who would not annoy the emperor. And this backer, in the whole world, only Wang Junlin is the most suitable.

Thirteen people lingered at the gate of Qin'anhou's Mansion for a long time, and also discussed in a low voice for a long time, and finally got rid of some of the nervousness in their hearts, and walked towards Qin'anhou's Mansion with various moods.

The guards at the door and the housekeeper had long noticed the characters dressed as these thirteen scholars, and took the famous stickers with suspicious faces, but found that they were the thirteen scholars who had been on the list for a long time in Beijing recently. The people in the Hou Mansion of Qin An knew that the Hou Ye of his family was very kind, and he helped the thirteen scholars from a poor family to win the list, which caused a lot of trouble, and it turned out to be the thirteen in front of him, so he hurriedly invited the entrance room with a somewhat complicated expression, and let them serve tea and wait.

The thirteen scholars knew that this was the rule of the Gaomen clan, but whenever a guest came to the door, they had to drink tea in the gatehouse first.

Not long after, a young man wearing a blue scribe's robe walked into the porter hall, bowed to the thirteen people in a dashing manner, and said, "Let you wait for a long time, please follow me into the middle courtyard for the banquet." ”

"Ziming, why are you here?" When the thirteen people heard the reputation, the people who recognized the identity of the person couldn't help but be stunned, and their faces were surprised, and Fang Qiao asked out in a silent voice.

Liu Ziming smiled slightly and said, "So that you know that I am now a first-class staff member of the Marquis of Qin'an." ”

"Congratulations Brother Liu, congratulations!" Wei Yunqi was the first to react, arching his hands and sincerely congratulating, and the others also congratulated when they saw this.

"Rejoice! Rejoice! Liu Ziming accepted everyone's congratulations with a big grin.

Under the leadership of Liu Ziming, everyone came to the living room of the middle courtyard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the day of the Great Dynasty Meeting, Hou Ye went to the palace early this morning, and he has not come back yet, but Hou Ye has already explained your arrival, you might as well open your hearts to have a banquet first, eat and drink, and wait for Hou Ye to come back." Liu Ziming arranged for everyone to sit down behind the low tables on both sides of the living room, made a gesture to everyone, and said with a smile.

Everyone looked at each other, and only then did they realize how little news they had, and they didn't even know the period of the Great Meeting.

"Since it was arranged by Master Hou, I dare not comply." Fang Qiao and Wei Yunqi glanced at each other, the latter was the first to speak loudly, and the others echoed one after another.

Liu Ziming clapped his hands, and a group of beautiful maids came in from the side door with food and wine, and placed them on the low table in front of them one by one. Liu Ziming, on behalf of Wang Junlin, toasted everyone with three glasses of wine, enlivened the atmosphere, and then said: "Food and wine are in front, how can there be no singing and dancing." ”

Everyone came to Qin'anhou Mansion today, although they have not yet seen the benefactor, but after all, there is an objective reason, but the benefactor has already instructed to prepare food and wine to entertain them, which makes them have a feeling of being highly valued.

Liu Ziming waved his hand and said: "Master Hou has already confessed, saying that you are the talents of my Great Sui pillars, and you can come to the door to make the mansion shine and be hospitable." You don't have to be polite, and you don't have to see outside. ”

As soon as the words fell, without waiting for everyone to say anything, they clapped their hands again, and a group of dancers came in outside the door, and several musicians with musical instruments in their arms also came out one after another, playing the instruments gently as they walked.

The nine dancers have become the first four and five dance formations before the case, the pipa makes a cracked silk, the music is loud, the dancers are either flying in the sky, or standing on one leg, the tender white ankles are tied with white silver bells, a leg is raised, a step The bell is crisp, and it is a little lively through the sound of the tinkling pipa.

The eyes of the people were full of fluttering long robes, colorful clothes flying, and tender lotus-like arms plucking various musical instruments in a hurry.

With the singing and dancing, the atmosphere in the venue became more and more enthusiastic, and everyone unconsciously felt that the distance between them and the Marquis of Qin'an Mansion had narrowed a lot.

Especially after the banquet, Zhan Peng brought people to bring thirteen handfuls of steel. The crossbow and fifty arrows of each were given to each of them and brought to the pre-prepared field, where they were taught to use steel. crossbows, allowing everyone to operate and aim training on the spot.

Although the Qin Anhou Mansion did not say why they sent steel. crossbows and crossbow arrows, but they knew in their hearts that in the future, their officialdom career would be dangerous step by step, and there would be people assassinating them. Crossbows and crossbow arrows gave them a bit of self-preservation.

The thirteen Hanmen scholars did not wait for Wang Junlin to come back, and when they left, Liu Ziming prepared one hundred taels of silver for each of them according to Wang Junlin's previous instructions.

The mentality of the thirteen scholars at this time had unconsciously undergone inexplicable changes, and they had subconsciously regarded themselves as a member of the Qin Anhou Mansion, so they accepted the silver calmly without too much prevarication.

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PS: The third update is sent, and there is a fourth update————